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Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students

The widespread adoption of media multitasking among university students raises concerns about its underexplored effects on working memory. This study investigates the relationship between media multitasking habits and both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance. A correlational resear...

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Main Authors: Hannah Tan, Yit Yung, Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar, Kartini, Abd Ghani, Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut
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Language:English
Published: UNIMAS Publisher 2024
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BF Psychology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/1/Digital%20Juggling.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/7678
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.7678.2024
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spelling my.unimas.ir-468582024-12-10T01:44:49Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/ Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students Hannah Tan, Yit Yung Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar Kartini, Abd Ghani Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut BF Psychology The widespread adoption of media multitasking among university students raises concerns about its underexplored effects on working memory. This study investigates the relationship between media multitasking habits and both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance. A correlational research was conducted with 40 undergraduate students from a local university, ensuring equal gender distribution and using convenience sampling. Media multitasking habits were measured with the Short Media Multitasking Measure (MMM-S), while both verbal and visuospatial working memory performances were assessed using the Digit Span Task (DST) and Corsi Block-Tapping Test, respectively. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between media multitasking habits and working memory performance, as indicated by greater recall accuracy but longer task completion times for participants with higher media multitasking scores. UNIMAS Publisher 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/1/Digital%20Juggling.pdf Hannah Tan, Yit Yung and Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar and Kartini, Abd Ghani and Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut (2024) Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 10 (2). pp. 73-86. ISSN 2550-1623 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/7678 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.7678.2024
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Hannah Tan, Yit Yung
Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut
Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
description The widespread adoption of media multitasking among university students raises concerns about its underexplored effects on working memory. This study investigates the relationship between media multitasking habits and both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance. A correlational research was conducted with 40 undergraduate students from a local university, ensuring equal gender distribution and using convenience sampling. Media multitasking habits were measured with the Short Media Multitasking Measure (MMM-S), while both verbal and visuospatial working memory performances were assessed using the Digit Span Task (DST) and Corsi Block-Tapping Test, respectively. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between media multitasking habits and working memory performance, as indicated by greater recall accuracy but longer task completion times for participants with higher media multitasking scores.
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author Hannah Tan, Yit Yung
Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut
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Mohamad Azhari, Abu Bakar
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut
author_sort Hannah Tan, Yit Yung
title Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
title_short Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
title_full Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
title_fullStr Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
title_full_unstemmed Digital Juggling : How Media Multitasking Affects Working Memory Performance Among University Students
title_sort digital juggling : how media multitasking affects working memory performance among university students
publisher UNIMAS Publisher
publishDate 2024
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/1/Digital%20Juggling.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46858/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/7678
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.7678.2024
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